Marie Antoinette

Suburban Chateau Builder: 'This House Will Be Built'

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Score one for the rich, litigious neighbors. Remember the lawsuit over the 25,424-square-foot mansion called "Le Chateau de Lumiere,"...

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Giant Virginia House Upsets Rich Neighbors

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Let them eat popcorn. Marie Antoinette would be proud: The Northern Virginia palace modeled on Versailles will have a movie theater -...

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The Drinking Cup Shaped Like Marie Antoinette's Anatomy

Kitchen Daily | Posted 04.16.2012

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How do you drink your Champagne (we're hoping it's from a glass!) -- is it a Champagne flute or a Champagne coupe? Nowadays it seems the flute has bec...

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Marie Antoinette's Shoes Sell At Auction

Posted 03.28.2012

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A pair of white silk mules were recently sold for $57,000 at an auction in Toulon, France. Why so pricey? Marie Antoinette supposedly wore them du...

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2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 03.14.2012

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Michael Vazquez

In anticipation of 12/21/12, this past year saw a return of the doomsday film. Melancholia was an okay end-of-the-world movie, but for this fan, it was not a very good Lars Von Trier film. Perhaps a third viewing is in order.

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The Never Ending Racist Assault on Michelle Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.07.2012

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The racist comparison of Michelle to Antoinette is another in the endless knocks that Michelle lives an imperious and luxury lifestyle all supposedly at taxpayer expense.

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FIRST LOOK: Gorgeous Star Stuns As Marie Antoinette

Posted 03.06.2012

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Can a German actress and a Greek goddess portray a legendary French queen? When the star in question is Diane Kruger, the answer is a resounding yes. ...

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PHOTOS: Fairytale Meets Gosspip In Marie Antoinette's Modern Makeover

Posted 01.03.2012

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Marilyn Holsing's exhibition 'Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette' juxtaposes the endless expanse of the imagination when a little girl is playing...

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Sam Stein

DNC: Romney Charge 'Laughable' From 'Quarter-Billion-Dollar Man'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.29.2011

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Barack Obama's reelection campaign and the allied Democratic National Committee swiftly responded to Mitt Romney's latest personal attack on the presi...

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Jon Ward

Mitt Romney: President Obama Out Of Touch Like Marie Antoinette

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.30.2011

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MASON CITY, Iowa -- Mitt Romney on Thursday sought to portray President Barack Obama as out of touch with the struggles of everyday Americans -- a cha...

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Boob! Why Don't You Buck Like Thunder?

Susie Bright | Posted 11.08.2011

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Susie Bright

If I were president, I would not be making a speech about jobs. This is Superman time: Lights, Camera, Shut-up, Action. I'd do something or die trying.

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Busting Marie Antoinette Myths: 7 Things She Never Did

Juliet Grey | Posted 10.22.2011

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Juliet Grey

Because history is written by the winners and she was the French Revolution's greatest victim, much of the information handed down about her lies somewhere between gross exaggeration and outright lies.

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Everybody Sleeps Where? In Paris, For Luxury, Hotel Plaza Athenee

Mara Gibbs | Posted 10.21.2011

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Mara Gibbs

I believe that Paris has the most luxurious hotels, restaurants, shops and homes anywhere. I am going to take you on a journey to some of the most lavish and fabulous hotels, restaurants, shops and homes.

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Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 10.14.2011

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Holly Cara Price

2011-08-14-Screenshot20110814at6.50.04PM.jpg This week's challenge is delivered to the group by Heidi on stilts. "For the next challenge we want you to think big," she smiles.

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Fashionably Late: Style News You Might Have Missed This Week

The Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 09.23.2011

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Welcome to Fashionably Late, where we round up the Style scraps that didn't make it to our news page this week. Click through and catch up on what els...

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PHOTOS: 17 French Style Icons

The Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 09.13.2011

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Bon quatorze juillet! In honor of Bastille Day, we rounded up some of our favorite French fashion stars. You know, the ones who truly epitomize tha...

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Egyptian Media Takes on Mubarak's Narcissism

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Egyptian media are having a field day ripping into ousted president Hosni Mubarak, his family and cronies, with state-run news organizations doing an ...

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Movie Review: Somewhere

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

You can tell what kind of movie Somewhere is going to be right from the very first scene: A Ferrari races around a not-very-long track, though we only...

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Palin's Hollywood Moments

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iris Erlingsdottir

Sarah Palin and Marilyn Monroe in the same breath? Huh? I can understand that people might associate Palin with something Hollywoodish, but the Hollywood character that Sarah Palin brings to mind is not Monroe.

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France's Mass Strikes Are No Tea Party

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Margolis

Walk down any street in the old part of Paris behind the Louvre, and you see large numbers of unwashed, evil-looking ruffians just waiting for an excuse to riot, loot and burn.

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Jobless Organize to Remove Republican Royalists From Their Jobs

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

Beck leads a pack of royalist Republicans who have spent the summer mocking, vilifying and denigrating the nation's 14.5 million unemployed workers. The unemployed are fighting back, however.

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FLOTUS' Flub

Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto | Posted 05.25.2011

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Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Michelle Obama has been so likeable because she reminded ordinary American women of themselves. Now that image has been irrevocably tarnished.

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Reading the Pictures: Michelle Antoinette

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Shaw

2010-08-09-mich.jpgTime magazine has committed the journalistic equivalent of "accessory-to-slander."

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The right's comparison of Michelle Obama and Marie Antoinette is more astute than they realize

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alvin McEwen

So members of the right are using a trip to Spain to again smear First Lady Michelle Obama as uncaring and extravagant. You'll forgive me for not bei...

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Gandhi's Diet, Marie Antoinette's Cake Shop: Top 7 'Historical Tweets' Of Dreams That Went Awry (PHOTOS, POLL)

Alec McNayr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alec McNayr

These historical figures followed their dreams and stuck out their chins, only to catch fate's backhand. The stinging pain led to wisdom we now revere.

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